Centre-right politician Raphael Glucksmann has won France’s primary of the left to become the its candidate in next year's presidential elections, positioning himself as the centre-left’s main alternative to hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon in the face of the rise of far right leader Marine Le Pen.
Glucksmann, 46, a European lawmaker who leads the centre-left Place Publique party, won Sunday's primary in the first round of voting with 66 percent of the 120,787 votes cast.
